AMDGPU-PRO driver rebooting to black screen in Linux Mint 18 Cinnamon

Drakewon · July 11, 2016, 4:31pm

As said in the title, when I install the AMDGPU-PRO driver using this guide: https://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/AMDGPU-PRO-Install.aspx
I reboot and get to the login screen just fine, but after I login all I see is my cursor and a black screen.

I have the R9 380 (with Linux Mint 18 Cinnamon), which is listed on the supported graphics cards list. Maybe adding myself to the group "video" before rebooting would fix it?

I really don't want to have to wait until AMD rolls out stable AMDGPU-PRO drivers that will only be included when Canonical feels it's time to add it to stable Ubuntu.

I have been trying to go full Linux for the past 7 years (no joke) and gaming/gpu performance has been the only thing that has been holding me back.

Thanks,

EDIT Here is my Xorg log file: http://pastebin.com/nWHV1yGU

FaunCB · July 11, 2016, 4:45pm

Please post here in the future.

The AMDGPU Info/News Thread Linux - Other

Rather than having 800 threads pop up in the next few months and annoy everyone with the same 2 questions, I'm taking the initiative to have one single thread. Then all the info can be in one place and hopefully we don't have to dig into the VERY BROKEN SEARCH (gaben plz) to find one thread. Anything AMDGPU? Please put it here. If you are new to linux, as many here are, and do not know what AMDGPU is, or AMDGPU-PRO, it is a driver for AMD cards that is meant to replace FGLRX, also known as Catalyst Control Center (you can argue the latest FGLRX available is the crimson driver, I'm not convinced), and be a better driver in linux with native support / better support for OpenGL, CL, Vulkan, and other tools. As it stands, 290 / 390, 2/380/85/X, and the fury cards are garunteed to work. Though as it seems, it varies between cards no matter what (from what I have personally seen). Here are some articles pertaining to AMDGPU and recent events: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=search&q=AMDGPU http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=amdgpu-rx480-linux&num=1 http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=amdgpu-gtx-1080&num=1 http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=amd-probeta2-mesa113&num=1 http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=amdgpu-drm-next-47&num=1 There are some users here that use AMDGPU as their daily, but I personally have to use FGLRX as I have a 370. Please don't ask me questions as I will just be able to find articles for you ^^; It seems that at the moment anything higher than a 370 or 270X has support, weather variant (it can be rough). If you have a low low end card (HD series, 250X, 260X) expect spotty performance or just no support any time soon if ever. As a 370 is basically a refresh on the 270X both cards can expect support soon. All other information on AMDGPU can be taken from this Archwiki page if you need to know how to install it, how it works, or current troubleshooting methods. https:…

Drakewon · July 11, 2016, 4:55pm

Ah I apologize. I wasn't aware this thread existed. Thanks.

Bergs · July 20, 2016, 7:15am

Try this one, If you have the sane thing that is preventing the driver from installing correctly, it will help.